Clothes-wringer



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J. L. KIRBY.

CLOTHES WRINGBR.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO JAMES LEONARD KIRBY, OF BOSTON, ASSIGNORTO THE COLBY WRINGER COMPANY OF HIGHLANDVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,051, dated October27, 1885.

Application tiled July 7, 1884. Serial No. 137,001.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES LEONARD KIRBY, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Clothes- Wringers; and I do hereby declare thesame to be described in the following specification, and represented inthe accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is a top view, Fig. 2 anend elevation, and Fig. 3 a transverse and'median seclion, of a wringercontaining my invention, the nature of which is dened in the claimhereinafter presented. Fig. 4 is an end view of the actuator. Fig. 5 isan inner side elevation of one of the jawed levers. Fig. 6 is alongitudinal section of the wringer, taken through the axes of itssqueeze-rollers.

My invention relates to the class of clotheswringers of which that shownand described in the United States Patent No. 158,369, dated January 5,1875, is a representation.

In my present wringer I have each of the two end portions A of the frameprovided with a stationary extension or jaw, a, projecting down from it,as represented, and in rear of such jaw I have within and fulcrumed tothe said portion A a jawed lever, B, the fulcrum being a cylindricalpivot or stud, b, extending from the part A.

Between the two end portions Ais the pivoted actuator C, which is anarched shelf having projecting from each end of it a journal, c, thatgoes through and 'takes a bearing in a cylindrical hole, d, in theportion A. The journal extends a short distance beyond the portion A, apin, e, going diametrically through the extension, and serving with theactuator to aid in holding lin connection the portions A A. On each ofthe journals c is a cam, f, to bear against the upper arm of the nextadjacent jawed lever B. To keep the said lever in place on its fulcrum,there projects downward from the actuator a lip, 45 g, and also upwardfrom such actuator another lip, h, from which it will be seen that theactuator is furnished at each end of it with two such lips, g and h.Vere it not for the said lips the lever would be liable to 5o drop offits fulcrum during the movements of (No model.)

the actuator. The lips keep the lever in place and save the necessity ofany other device for suchpurpose.

The two squeeze-rollers of the wringer are shown at D and E. the shaftt' of the lower one, 55 E, being journaled in the frame portions A, andprovided with a crank, F.

The journals k of the upper squeeze-roller turn in movable boxes Z,placed underneath two cylindrical rubber springs, m, arranged in nichesn, in the said end portions, A. From each box l a spindle, o, projectsupward through the spring and into the tubular shank of a screw, n',that goes through the crown of the niche and screws into and through aconnection-bar, G, and against a washer, p, on the top of the spring.The screws and bar serve to connect the two portions A, the screwsanswering also to contract the springs in order to force the upper downtoward the lower of 7o the squeeze-rollers.

On turning the actuator from an upright down into a horizontal positionits cams will so operate the jawed levers as to force their jaws towardthe stationary jaws of the two portions A.

From the above it will be seen that on the wringer being placed in theusual way upon a tub, with the upper part of such tub extending betweenthe stationary and theV movable 8o jaws, such wringer may be clamped tothe tub by turning the actuator down into a horizontal vposition orthereabout. When the actuator is in such position, the clothes as theypass from the rollers will be received 8 5 upon it, and by it will beprevented from falling into the tub.

I do not claim the combination of an actuator, two sets of jawed levers,two springs, and roller-supporting levers, all arranged on a piv- 9ootal shaft and appliedto two squeeze-rollers, substantially as specifiedand represented in the aforesaid United States Patent No. 158,369, as Ihave in the wringer hereinbefore described but one set of jawed levers,and with them have to the actuator certain lips to hold them in place ontheir fulcrums; therefore The combination of the actuator having lipsextending both upward and downward from roo it at its ends, and alsohaving a cam to each jawed levers having their upper arms against of itsjournals, as described, with the end porthe-periphery of the cams, andallbeng subtions of the frame provided with stationary stantially and tooperate as set forth.

jaws and fulora, as represented, and with JAMES LEONARD KIRBY. 5 jawedlevers supported on such fulcra and Witnesses:

arranged in rear of the stationary jaws and VR, H. EDDY,

between the said end portions and lips, such E. B. PRATT.

